Production of agency high-balance loans held up slightly better than the downturn in non-agency jumbo originations, but both sectors recorded big quarterly declines.
Wholesale-broker platforms took a significantly bigger share of the shrinking refinance market in 2023 as consumer-direct/retail volume lost ground. (Includes six data tables.)
If regulators take an aggressive stance, the final capital rule could be out by May. The other option would be to re-propose the rule, which could leave the rulemaking unfinished if there’s a change in administration.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco becomes the first FHLBank to allow members to use mortgage loans based on VantageScore 4.0 as collateral for advances.
As many as 88,000 individual tax identification number mortgages could be originated in a year if certain market barriers were removed, according to Urban Institute researchers.
Flagstar’s warehouse business was left unscathed by the recent loss at its parent, NYCB. However, it doesn’t take much to make a nonbank feel queasy when the unexpected happens at one of its financiers.
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